The Goal.

Our goal on most nights is to be in bed and ready to sleep at 9pm. 
Yup.  We're party animals. 
We'll see if everyone cooperates to have this happen tonight.  Nate is less than thrilled that no one is in his room.  CJ, Sam and Benjamin are chilling.  I hope it stays that way.
 
Luckily, they're replaying Game 5 of the 2000 World Series, so I don't have to stay up listening with baited breath to find out who wins. 

Today Benjamin had his first taste of peas. 
Here is the before:

 ...and the AFTER.  He was less than impressed. 

 But, in typical Benjamin fashion, he recovers quickly. 

Today, Caroline decided that we should dress up and have a party for Sam, since he behaved so well this weekend (and she did NOT). 
So we got all gussied up for dinner.  We even had dessert because the kids figured out that Sundays don't count during Lent. 
Always looking for loopholes, they are...

We did have some other pictures of Benjamin's exceeding cuteness...

Phew!  25 minutes to spare. 
Good night.